I think in most of the cases, new technologies have somewhat made “older” DJs sometimes feel like the new guys have everything ready and easy….So besides the “feeling threatened” parameter there is sometimes the “prove what you got and I may notice you and help you” kinda mendality.
Of course there will always be the snobbery kind of people and the “threatened” ones. My only advice to new DJs, if Im entitled to give one, would be to not bother too much – do your thing, be yourself, work and make sure you indeed are not one of the “lazy new DJs who got everything set up and ready for them” and eventually, the people who indeed can help you and mentor you with no strings attached will appear. 😉
That said, I feel sad about people who could “pass it on” to the next generation and instead, they choose to alienate themselves by being too snob or too “stuck in their ways”….Personally, Im a learner and I always have something to learn from older AND younger people than me! 😉
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